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      04-14-2008, 03:11 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by BMW-M-Mexico View Post
God I hope not, imagine all that shifting!
What 7 series driver is really that intenresnted in shifting? You can't even shift in the current 7 unless you use the button paddles on the steering wheel which are a major hassle to use anyway...

The shorter wheel base 7 will get the X5 shifter (as the spy pics show) and I'm assuming the 6-gear trans, that will shift fine. But the longer wheel base 7 with the 8 speed isn't meant for sporty drivers.

As many reports indicate BMW is really going to differentiate the short wheel base and long wheel base 7--mostly through interior design and execution. One will be the sport 7, and the other the luxury 7.
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